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SIG Forums at PanSIG 2025

Forums will be 60 minutes long, and split over the two days of the conference. 

Please click this link for full details of SIG forums

NB: The information below may have been updated; please refer to the link above for the most up-to-date information.

Saturday, May 17 (12:30-13:30)

Vocabulary SIG Forum

Howarth, M. & Vitta, J.

Room 3-102

Pragmatics in Materials: Developing Pragmatics-Focused Materials in ELT MW Forum

Meizlish, T., Ogawa, Y., Romney, C., & Patterson, R.

Room 3-201

JALTCALL Forum: Applying AI in Language Education

Hofmyer, M., Ohashi, L., Dizon, G., Fujii, N., Obari, H., & Carr, G.

Room 3-202

GILE Forum: The Importance of Agency in Global Issues Language Education 

Lavigne, A.,. Nakagome, S., Jones, B., & Kambara, J., & Singh, S.

Room 3-302

Saturday, May 17 (14:15-15:15)

CEFR LP SIG Forum: 21st Century Skills and the CEFR: Action Research, Plurilingualism and Mediation 

Schmidt, G., Nagai, N., Imig, A., & Roque de Hishiyama, A.

Room 3-102

ALL SIG Forum: Inspiring Autonomy in Accessible Language Learning

Moriya, R., Takasugi, C., & Brown, T. 

Room 3-201

ICLE Forum: Fostering Intercultural Learning: COIL and Effective Classroom Resources 

Rakhshandehroo, M., Benthien, G., & Sandu, R. 

Room 3-202

TEVAL Forum: Beyond Scores: Examining Rater Types and Acoustic Influence in L2 Testing 

Schaefer, E., Kawata, M., & Martin, J.

Room 3-302

Saturday, May 17 (15:45-16:45)

LiLT forum: Literature in Language Teaching

Maune, J., Villanueva, C., Hooper, T., McIlroy, T., Kuze, K., & Hasegawa, A.

Room 3-102

ER Forum: Working Together to Build an ER friendly University Across Languages

Jourdan-Otsuka, R., Arrieta, D., Misoschko, G., Barinova, A., Brierley, M. &. Goto, C.

Room 3-201

Pragmatics SIG Forum: Pragmatics and Language Learning: From Research to the Classroom

Araki, S., Tu, S. P., Hao, J., Feroze, M. A., & Ronald, J.

Room 3-202

GALE SIG Forum: Hybrid How-Tos: Two Tried & True Procedures from JALT Organizations

Escobar, E., Noxon, E., & Tuttle, T.

Room 3-302

Saturday, May 17 (16:55-17:55)

Navigating the PanSIG Journal: From Submission to Review

Campos, M., MacKenzie, A., & Uehara, S.

Room 3-102

Teacher Development SIG Forum: Reflective Practices & Creative Teaching: Paths to Agency & Autonomy

Kuroda, J. M., Gloria, C., & Thomas, J. 

Room 3-201

MAVR SIG Forum: Expanding Realities: MAVR Innovations for Global Learning and Collaboration 

Hawkinson, E., Alizadeh, M., Figueroa, R., Garcia, G. M., Deterala, S., & Pugoy, R. A.

Room 3-202

JALT DEI Committee: Developing Inclusive Workplaces: A DEI Workshop on Microaggressions 

Oo, M. K., Clark, G., Glasgow, G. P., Kim, M., Yao, Y., & Carroll, S. M.

Room 3-302

Sunday, May 18 (10:05-11:05)

Business Communication SIG Forum: Impact of AI-based Language Services on Business Communicationin Japan

Ujiie, S., Carley, H., & Araki, I.

Room 3-102

Bilingualism SIG Forum: From ESL Learner to ESL Educator: Changing Identities of a TESOL Practitioner 

Tanaka, M., Alexandra, S., & Schultz, N.

Room 3-201

Other Languages Educators Forum: The Road Through Academia: Embracing the Cycle of Reciprocal Learning

Krause-Ono, M., Szirmai, M., & Wright, P.

Room 3-103

SPIN Forum (Student Peer Interaction Network Committee)

White, C., Li, S., Nguyen, P., & Mizoguchi, N. 

Room 3-202

JASAL SALC Forum: Sharing SALC experiences 

Taylor, C. & Kandaboda, P. B..

Room 3-302

Sunday, May 18 (12:30-13:30)

Global Englishes SIG Forum 

Rathore, C. S., McTaggart, F., & Joicey B.

Room 3-102

Learner Development SIG Forum: Developing the Whole Student: A Path to Autonomy

Kira, A., Moreau, R.,.Vye, S., Jayasooriya, L. B., Lombardi, I., Johnson, M., & Morgan, J.

Room 3-201

Critical Thinking SIG Forum

Devitte, W. D., Wang, X., Jennings, S., Gann, D., Dunn J. D., & Hooper, T.

Room 3-202

Mind, Brain & Education SIG Forum: Practical Issues of Autonomy and Agency in Our Classrooms: Let Us Share! 

Masda, Y., Burke, A., Gillis-Furutaka, A., & Reeve, J.

Room 3-302

Listening SIG Forum: Applying a CDST lens to EMI research: Findings from Hong Kong, Japan, and Sweden

Madarbakus-Ring, N.

Room 3-103

Sunday, May 18 (13:40-14:40)

LLL SIG Forum: Motivations for Lifelong Learning in Undergraduate & Graduate Studies 

Nakanishi, J. R., Dobbs, A., Yokozeki, M., Shibuya, J., & Dias, J.

Room 3-102

CUE SIG Forum: Exploring ideology in autonomy, learner agency, and the connected classroom 

William, S., Yamamoto, K., Kelly, C., & Bacala, F., Zaitseva, N., & Simpson, W. 

Room 3-201

TYL Forum: Autonomy and Agency in Young Learner Language Education: A Roundtable Discussion 

Noxon, E., Chartrand, R., & Braun, A.. 

Room 3-202

PIE SIG Forum: Stage to Classroom: Developing EFL Skills with Drama Games + Film Studies

Gallagher, A. B., Kobayashi, D., Ford-Mihashi, A., Kluge, D., & Kinsman, D. A., 

Room 3-302

Study Abroad SIG Forum: Creating A New Study Abroad Program: Flipped Panel/Workshop

Andras Molnar, J., Ryan, S., & Legge, T.

Room 3-103